Gingernut Ranger chicken
The Gingernut Ranger is a classic ginger-brown hybrid layer, from the same family as the Warren, ISA and Goldline.
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The Gingernut Ranger is a hybrid chicken breed. Its origin is given as UK.
It is kept in large form. Recognised colours: Ginger/red.
Expect 300–320+ eggs in the first year, falling in later years and varying by supplier, with brown shells.
Compiled from poultrykeeper.com, chickenessentials.co.uk. See sources
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Identity
- Species
- Chicken
- Type
- Hybrid
- Origin
- UK
History
Poultrykeeper lists it as a Rhode Island Red × Light Sussex type. These layers descend from Leghorn and Rhode Island Red lines bred for the egg industry.
Appearance
Ginger-brown hen.
Recognised colours
Ginger/red
Size and weight
- Forms
- Large
Eggs
- Eggs a year
- 300–320+ in the first year
- Egg colour
- Brown
- Notes
- Well over 300 light brown eggs in the first year, falling in the second.
Hybrid egg figures are for the first year. They fall in later years and vary by supplier.
Temperament
- In short
- Very friendly, docile
- Keeping notes
- Bred for docility. Very friendly and follows its owner, which can make it vulnerable when fully free-range.
Hardiness
Not recorded yet.
Broodiness
Non-broody
Flying
Not recorded yet.
Suitability
- Beginners
- Good for beginners
- Good to know
- As a hybrid it does not breed true. Crossing two of them will not give you the same bird.
Conservation status (RBST)
Not on the Rare Breeds Survival Trust's priority list.
Breed club
Not recorded yet.
Sources
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